# 2012 São Carlos municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [São Paulo](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp.md) / [São Carlos](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/sao-carlos.md), October 7, 2012

Turnout: 140,381 of 168,809 registered voters (83.2%). −3.4 points since 2008.

## [Mayor of São Carlos](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/sao-carlos/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paulo Roberto Altomani | PSDB | 61,823 | 48.9% | Elected |
| Oswaldo Baptista Duarte Filho | PT | 53,776 | 42.5% |  |
| Eduardo Antonio Teixeira Cotrim | PMDB | 5,941 | 4.7% |  |
| Jose Benedito Sacomano | PPL | 1,818 | 1.4% |  |
| Flávio Antonio Lazzarotto | PSOL | 1,580 | 1.3% |  |
| Ronaldo Nascimento Mota | PSTU | 1,453 | 1.1% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of São Carlos](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/sao-carlos/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Partido dos Trabalhadores won 4 of the 21 seats, with 16.1% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 20,051 | 16.1% | 4 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 19,376 | 15.5% | 4 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 18,916 | 15.2% | 4 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 9,185 | 7.4% | 2 |
| Democratas | 8,709 | 7.0% | 1 |
| Partido Humanista da Solidariedade | 8,341 | 6.7% | 2 |
| Partido Verde | 7,152 | 5.7% | 1 |
| Partido da República | 6,864 | 5.5% | 1 |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 5,853 | 4.7% | 1 |
| Progressistas | 2,779 | 2.2% |  |
| Partido Social Cristão | 2,591 | 2.1% | 1 |
| Partido Socialismo e Liberdade | 2,371 | 1.9% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 2,103 | 1.7% |  |
| Partido Social Democrático | 1,911 | 1.5% |  |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 1,898 | 1.5% |  |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 1,562 | 1.3% |  |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 1,415 | 1.1% |  |
| Partido Pátria Livre | 1,231 | 1.0% |  |
| Partido Social Liberal | 999 | 0.8% |  |
| Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificado | 677 | 0.5% |  |
| Partido Social Democrata Cristão | 228 | 0.2% |  |
| Podemos | 196 | 0.2% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista do Brasil | 186 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Republicano Progressista | 162 | 0.1% |  |

## Contests

- [2012 São Carlos mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/sao-carlos/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md)
- [2012 São Carlos Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/sao-carlos/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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